I’m building an M113 APC, and am setting it up in a Vietnam Dio. I want to have the tread either thrown or destroyed on one side, but I don’t know how to do it. If you have any suggestions, I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
Chris Atler.
Actually pretty easy. When a vehicle breaks track, it basically comes off the rear as the vehicle continues forward. The track will lay on top of the bottow run and form a loop at the end where it folds over. Here is an example, a little extreme, since track usually doesn’t fold over twice, but you get the idea.
And one that totally rode off the track.
Good luck.
Drive sprocket on a M-113 is in the front not the back like the tank pictured above, so reverse the process
John
helicopters don’t fly, they beat the air into submission
Doesn’t matter, it still peels off the samd way due to the forward movement of the vehicle. The vehicle drives off the track, the track comes out to the rear.
Cool Pics is that out at Ft. Irwin Gino?
Yes,
They are from Ft Irwin, I didn’t take them though. Found them on the web The modified M1A1 is called a Krasnovian K1 tank. Visually modified with 55 gallon drums on the rear, track shrouds removed, 5 gallon bucket added to right of gun tube representing an IR search light, wood blocks added to turret for ER armor,and camo netting on barrel representing a heat shield, making it look different from normal M1A1 and more like ex-Soviet block armor.
Hello!
Thrown tracks ! If the track breaks , the vehicle will nomally drive off it , in the case of a M 113 . On a vehicle with a rear sprocket , like a M1 , or Leopard , the track may become entangled among the return rollers.If the track doesn’t break , it may " jump the sprocket", meaning the sprocket teeth , don’t engage the track as they are supposed to , or the track may indeed engage the sprocket , and idler wheel , but the center guides , are out from between the dual roadwheels, either on the inside or outside of the dual roadwheels.The latter is normally caused by turning sharply on soft ground , and/or the tracks were not at the proper " tension." I have thrown a few tracks , in my time , and I hate " breaking" track , in the mud and rain.LOL. Good Ole’ Hohenfels days!
Frank
“PERSEVERANCE”
Hey All,
I’ve got to throw my trackblocks in here! What these guys have said about throwing
track is basically true BUT… An M-113 rarely throws track(I’m not saying never) We
used to slide em sideways at 20+ mph and jumping creek beds and the 113s took
alot of abuse before it would.
You’d be more apt to have a track blown off than broke or thrown, so for a "nam
era dio I show some damage , like from an RPG or land mine.
Good Hunting
G.W.
I agree with rdxpress, an M113 FOV rarely throws a track and if it does, it is not as catastrophic as a tank. Those are hardy little APCs. A mine that would be powerful enough to make an M113 throw a track would most likely be fatal to the driver.
Rodger all that! Another old 113 driver agrees. All I can add is, when you throw a track, the “good” track on the other side keeps turning until the driver can get the runaway pig stopped,causing you to slew sideways towards the broken-track side. How far depends on how fast you were going when the track hit the fan. (notice the angle of that K1 in the photo) So don’t forget to put slide marks in your dio-dirt. And yeah, if a mine or RPG was the culprit, your looking at building some major battle damage. 113’s have notoriously cheap aluminum armor. Good luck.
Sounds good, how much damage should I put in to make the affect of an RPG. I want to have the front right side tread off, but as little damage to the rest as possible.
Thanks for all the help.
Chris Atler.
Hello!
Depending on the type of mine the vehicle drove over, you would be good with the first broadwheel , badly damaged , if not blown away, ( If blown away, show the " spindle “, or shaft , on which the roadwheels , were mounted) , the second set of road wheels , should show some minor damage. If the vehicle, was driving forward, the damaged track , should be laying behind the vehicle, and the vehicle would angle towards the damaged track side. With the damaged track , the last few links, 1 or 2, should curve upwards , since the M-113 had " Live Track”.Meaning the track pins , had rubber bushings.
Frank
“PERSEVERANCE”
I agree with the above. All my years serving in armor I never saw a M113 throw track from the fields of Germany to the deserts of Ft. Irwin.
Mark
I was a mechanic in the National Guard for years and the only time I saw a track thrown on a M113A3 other than from enemy fire or mines was when all of the track teeth sheared off . The driver of the 113 tried to take a corner on a packed gravel tank trail at aprox. 35 mph. Good luck with your model.